she is moving closer to a challenge to senator mitch mcconnell, meeting in recent days with the democratic senatorial campaign committee to discuss a potential run. burton in arlington, texas, go ahead with what is on your mind this morning. caller: good morning. with all the contingency planning about sequester, all the cutbacks and the damage it will do to all of our citizenry, i'm concerned that i have yet to hear anything about cutting back on foreign aid and other money that we pay out in massive sums to other countries around the world. i would like to hear a little bit about that from our politicians. host: thank you for calling in from arlington, texas. finally, jim tweets in -- "these cuts need to go into effect but should not be handed down by the budget office because obama will do his best to cause maximum pain ergo well, it is seven o'clock 30 -- maximum pain." well, it is 7:30, and we will be talking about guns in america. alan berlow of the center for public integrity will talk about the department of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives. we will be going live to a gun